A device, usually V-shaped with a handle, used to remove boots from a person's feet by gripping the heel and pulling upward.
Compound word from 'boot' and 'jack' (from 'jack' meaning a device or tool that lifts or holds things, possibly from the name Jack as a generic term for a helpful device).
Before modern zippers, a bootjack was essential equipment in homes and armies—pulling off tall riding boots by hand was exhausting, so this simple invention became a status symbol showing you had fancy boots worth the effort to remove.
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